‘Baby, I'm not quite finished’: postfeminism and the negotiation of sexual boundaries in the contemporary erotic memoir

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This article explores the ‘postfeminist’ sensibilities of female sexual liberation in three contemporary erotic memoirs: Abby Lee's Girl with a one track mind: confessions of the seductress next door, Catherine Townsend's Sleeping around: secrets of a sexual adventuress and Suzanne Portnoy's The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker. Analysing these texts' conceptual representations of sexual politics and their material representations of sexual practices, I argue that despite their celebration of women's autonomous sexual decision making these recent erotic memoirs nevertheless reflect a saturation of, and submission to, the male-dominated sexual values prescribed by the mainstreaming of the sex industry.View full textDownload full textKeywordsempowerment, erotic memoir, postfeminism, romance, sexual politicsRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2011.617610